G.R. NO. 158676 - BPI-FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC., VS. SPS. ZENAIDA DOMINGO & ABUNDIO S. DOMINGO, BENJAMIN VILLA[1] AND SPS. JULIAN CRUZ. D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

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accordingly rendered judgment, to wit: WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered as follows: Ordering defendants BPI-Family Savings Bank and Benjamin Villa to pay the plaintiffs, jointly and severally, the following amounts: 1.1 P650,000.00 as actual damages, representing the amount paid by plaintiffs to defendant Villa, with interest at the legal rate from the filing of the complaint until fully paid; 1.2 P100,000.00 as moral damages; 1.3 P50,000.00 as exemplary damages; 1.4 P25,000.00 as attorney's fees. Ordering third-party defendant Julian Cruz to reimburse third-party plaintiffs BPI-FSB and Villa for whatever amounts said defendants/third-party plaintiffs will pay the plaintiffs by virtue of this judgment; Ordering third-party defendant Cruz to pay third-party plaintiff BPI-FSB the amount of P25,000.00 as attorney's fees; Ordering third-party defendant Cruz to pay third-party plaintiff Villa the amounts of P50,000.00 as moral damages and P25,000.00 as attorney's fees; Dismissing for lack of merit the counterclaims and cross-claims of defendants BPI-FSB and Villa, and the counterclaims of third-party defendant Cruz. Costs against third-party defendant Cruz. IT IS SO ORDERED.